A72
Lanark Road · the Scottish Borders
Properly twisty· 19% curvy · 23 kmTight, sustained bends — well above the average road.
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- Length
- 3.1 km
- How curvy
- Relentlessly twisty
- 26% curviness — Among the most tightly curved roads in the database.
- Curvy metres
- 786
How these scores are measured
Curvy metres is curviness multiplied by length: how much genuine curve this road actually gives you, rather than how tight its tightest corner is. It is the number that separates a mountain pass from a housing estate.
Speed limits along it
What is on the poles along this stretch, by share of its length.
- 30 mph47%
- national limit (60)53%
Runs past
- Carluke·town·1.9 km
- Braidwood·village·10 m
- Crossford·village·320 m
- Hazelbank·village·1.5 km
- Braehead House·hamlet·10 m
- Catcraig·hamlet·10 m
Distances are approximate: the closest this stretch is known to come.
Worth stopping at
Pin 1 on the map:La Piazza
Restaurant · 220 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- food
Pin 2 on the map:Clyde Walkway Cafe
Café · 240 m from the road, approximately
- parking
Pin 3 on the map:The Buttery
Restaurant · 600 m from the road, approximately
- parking
The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.
No Twistly drives use the B7056 yet. Plan the first one.
Near the B7056
Photographs taken within about a kilometre of this stretch, from Wikimedia Commons. They are near the road — we have no evidence any of them shows it.
Near the B7056 · Ben Brooksbank · CC BY-SA 2.0 
Near the B7056 · Jonathan Billinger · CC BY-SA 2.0 
Near the B7056 · Jonathan Billinger · CC BY-SA 2.0